FARM NEWS - AFRICA DAILY

UNH researchers find African farmers need better climate change data to improve farming practices

Mar 20, 2012 (SPX)

Researchers from the University of New Hampshire have found that many African farmers inaccurately perceive changes in climate and rainfall when compared with s...

CDC study shows outbreaks linked to imported foods increasing

Mar 20, 2012 (SPX)

Foodborne disease outbreaks caused by imported food appeared to rise in 2009 and 2010, and nearly half of the outbreaks implicated foods imported from areas whi...

China firm sacks four over diseased ducks scandal

Mar 19, 2012 (AFP)

A leading Chinese poultry company said Monday it had sacked four employees suspected of being involved in a food safety scandal that saw diseased ducks sold to ...

Carrefour forced to shut China outlet over expired meats

Mar 19, 2012 (AFP)

French retail giant Carrefour has been forced to shut down a store in central China that allegedly sold expired meat products, an official said Monday. The clos...

Facebook-style microcredit site helps China farmers

Mar 18, 2012 (AFP)

Dairy farmer Deligeerma needs $642 to buy fodder for her cows during the harsh winter months in northern China. So far, she has received $149 in pledges from fo...

Century later, US cherry blossoms coup for Japan

Mar 18, 2012 (AFP)

A century before cultural diplomacy became a buzzword for governments around the world, Japan scored a spectacular success -- Washington's cherry blossoms, whic...

Neglecting role of women in agriculture increases food insecurity

Mar 16, 2012 (SPX)

As developing countries battle multiple threats to food security-soaring prices, crop-crushing weather extremes and dramatic population growth-agriculture exper...

Myanmar soldiers shot dead China farmer: Beijing

Mar 13, 2012 (AFP)

China said Tuesday it had lodged an official complaint with Myanmar after two soldiers illegally crossed the border into southwest China and shot dead a local r...

Commonly used herbicides seen as threat to endangered butterflies

Mar 13, 2012 (SPX)

A Washington State University toxicologist has found that three commonly used herbicides can dramatically reduce butterfly populations. The research was aimed a...

Auchan supermarkets reports profit rise on action in China

Mar 13, 2012 (AFP)

French supermarket giant Auchan said on Tuesday its net profit for 2011 rose by 14.9 percent to 810 million euros ($1.06 billion), largely owing to a restructur...

World breakthrough on salt-tolerant wheat

Mar 13, 2012 (SPX)

A team of Australian scientists has bred salt tolerance into a variety of durum wheat that shows improved grain yield by 25% on salty soils. Using 'non-GM' crop...

Salt-loving wheat could help ease food crisis

Mar 11, 2012 (AFP)

Plant scientists on Sunday said they had bred a strain of wheat that thrives in saline soils, boosting the quest to feed Earth's growing population at a time of...

Spanish farmers struggle with lack of rain

Mar 11, 2012 (AFP)

When Manuel Montesa takes sheep out to forage in mountains in northern Spain, he must bring water for them because streams near his town have run dry. Like the ...

Belgian racing pigeons lure rich Chinese aficionados

Mar 11, 2012 (AFP)

Rich Chinese pigeon fanciers are offering tens of thousands of euros to buy Belgian champions, to the despair of local pigeon-lovers unable to compete in such s...

Japan wants cuisine listed as UNESCO heritage

Mar 09, 2012 (AFP)

Japan said Friday it was applying to UNESCO to have its cuisine listed as a global cultural treasure as part of a bid to restore global confidence in its food a...

13 million people threatened by food crisis: Oxfam

Mar 08, 2012 (AFP)

About 13 million people living in west and central Africa face a major food crisis unless immediate action is taken, humanitarian group Oxfam warned Thursday. A...

Should we play hide-and-go-seek with our children's vegetables?

Mar 07, 2012 (SPX)

Pass the peas please! How often do we hear our children say this? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance...

Heavy metal pollution causes severe declines in wild bees

Mar 07, 2012 (SPX)

Wild bees are important pollinators and numerous studies dealing with pollination of wild plants and crops underline their vital role in ecosystems functioning....

Canadian farmers trust regulated dairy industry

Mar 07, 2012 (SPX)

Canada's response to the "milk wars" in the United States in the 1970s was to establish a supply management system that both protects and restricts the income o...

Shortcuts costly when buying conservation from farmers

Mar 07, 2012 (SPX)

Farmers in the U.S. and the European Union receive billions of dollars in government subsidies each year to make changes in their operations that will improve t...